Under the Signs of an Impossible Night: Selected Poems
Will be published approx. on 23. July 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-64605-432-9 (ISBN)
Description
Manuel Tzoc's English debut of his poetry collection, Under the Signs of an Impossible Night, weaves together poetry and photography to create a new form of storytelling, breaking the boundaries of both artistic forms.
Words and images are intertwined as Manuel Tzoc explores the characteristics of poetic objects. Under the Signs of an Impossible Night explores current society's relationship to the internet and social media, to writing and being written about, and what these connections mean in relation to indigenous language and memory.
Words and images are intertwined as Manuel Tzoc explores the characteristics of poetic objects. Under the Signs of an Impossible Night explores current society's relationship to the internet and social media, to writing and being written about, and what these connections mean in relation to indigenous language and memory.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Texas
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-64605-432-9 (9781646054329)
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Persons
Manuel Tzoc is a poet, visual, and performance artist from Guatemala. His work is intersectional, using poetic language and visual art to explore social realities, focusing on gender, identity, the body, origins, memory, language, image, object, sexual dissidence, and all possible combinations of these. He is self-taught, having learned through workshops, certificate programs, and readings of contemporary art and literature. In addition to self-published poetic objects, he has published a number of books in alternative presses, and his texts have appeared in literary magazines and anthologies throughout Abya Yala. Further, he has presented his visual art in galleries and contemporary art shows locally and internationally.
Paul M. Worley is a settler scholar from Charleston, SC, and Professor of Spanish at Appalachian State University, where he serves as Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Co-written with Rita M. Palacios, his most recent book, Unwriting Maya Literature: Ts'iib as Recorded Knowledge (2019), was given an honorable mention for Best Book in the Humanities by LASA's Mexico Section. With Melissa D. Birkhofer, he is co-translator of Miguel Rocha Vivas's Word Mingas (2021). He has also translated selected works by Indigenous authors such as Hubert Matiuwaa (Me'phaa), Celerina Sanchez (Mixteco), Manuel Tzoc (K'iche'), and Ruperta Bautista (Tsotsil).
Paul M. Worley is a settler scholar from Charleston, SC, and Professor of Spanish at Appalachian State University, where he serves as Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Co-written with Rita M. Palacios, his most recent book, Unwriting Maya Literature: Ts'iib as Recorded Knowledge (2019), was given an honorable mention for Best Book in the Humanities by LASA's Mexico Section. With Melissa D. Birkhofer, he is co-translator of Miguel Rocha Vivas's Word Mingas (2021). He has also translated selected works by Indigenous authors such as Hubert Matiuwaa (Me'phaa), Celerina Sanchez (Mixteco), Manuel Tzoc (K'iche'), and Ruperta Bautista (Tsotsil).